HELP!!!!! Some of the songs I put on my Sansa don't show up in Windows Explorer but they are on the menu in the mp3 player. I tried showing hidden files but they simply don't show up. I would really like to remove these songs now. Please tell me if you have any ideas I could try. Thank you.

Some of the songs I put on my Sansa don't show up in Windows Explorerbut they are on the menu in the mp3 player. I tried showing hiddenfiles but they simply don't show up. I would really like to removethese songs now. Please tell me if you have any ideas I could trySome of the songs I put on my Sansa don't show up in Windows Explorer
but they are on the menu in the mp3 player. I tried showing hidden
files but they simply don't show up. I would really like to remove
these songs now. Please tell me if you have any ideas I could try

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open explorer and go to tools, folder options, view, click on don't show
hidden files or
folders, click on hide ext and hide protect click apply... Format mp3 player
and tranfer music back to the sansa
You can make another music folder (music1)put music in this....Keep it on msc this reads expansion cards and the sansa USB mode located on the sansa if asked to change to MSC goto menu press enter
scroll to settings press enter scroll to usb mode press enter scroll to msc
press enter

Check and see if the songs you put on the mp3 player are a hidden file Connect to your computer open my computer goto tools on the top of the page folder options click on view Here you will see Hidden files and folder click on do not show hidden files and folders and put a check mark on hide ext....and hide protected Hit apply. Delete any songs you put on the player and start over

We had the same problem with Windows XP. We found some help on the Sandisk web site. On the device go to the Settings menu, then USB. We changed from AutoDetect to MSC mode and everything is working again. Our computer saw all of the songs on our computer fine. Some of the old songs on the Sansa didn't show up on the detect list in Windows Media Player, but they were still on the device.

1. plug in Sansa to computer2. Open My computer3. Click on your Sansa3. Click MUSIC4. Delete the songs you dont want on it...if that folder is empty make sure you have windows showing all the hidden files...
use windows media player and go to sync and put songs there..hope that help..

Open up your windows media player and click on the sync tab..your device should be listed there..and also it will show you all the songs you have in there...or you can just format the whole player..formatting will erase everything in that player...

Hi tater.
Hmmm. The product category you selected is for a Standard E260. But if your player is an E250R (Rhapsody player), here's a set of procedures that might help you.
Deleting songs from your E250R can be done in 2 ways: By using Windows Media Player 10 or 11, or by browsing the player through Windows Explorer.
Before you delete files, though, it's important to know that your player comes in 2 modes: "Rhapsody" and "PlaysForSure". The reason why is that music files saved in one mode would not be seen in the other mode, and vice versa.
Therefore, if you can't find the music files in your player, switch to the other mode. Here's how to do it:
Use the "Menu" button to navigate the player as follows:
Menu > Settings > Mode >
This will give you the option of: "Rhapsody" and "PlaysForSure".
Here's how to delete your songs:
(1) By Using WIndows Media Player:
> Plug your Sansa to your computer and open your Windows Media Player.
> If your Windows Media Player is version 10, then click on the "Sync" tab and you should see your player ("E250R") on the right pane along with its folders, named "Data" and "Media" or "Music". Expand the "Media" folder and you'll see the "Music" folder containing your songs. Right-click on a song and select "Remove" to delete them.
> If your Windows Media Player is version 11, then either click on the "Sync" or "Library" tab and you'll see your player listed on the left pane. The music files will be displayed on the center window. Right-click on a song and select "Delete" to delete the songs.
(2) By browsing the player in Windows Explorer
Note:
the folders containing the music files on your player are "Hidden" and you would need to set your Windows Explorer to show "Hidden Files and Folders". Open your Explorer, select "Tools" on the top menu, select "Folder Options", select the "View" tab and enable the "Show Hidden Files and Folders" radio button.
> Plug your Sansa to your computer and open your Windows Explorer
> If your player is in "PlaysForSure" mode, then your player will be recognized as a "Portable Media Device". Double left-click on your Sansa E250R and you'll see 2 sub-folders named "Data" and "Media". Open the "Media" folder and you'll find sub-folders normally named after the Artist. Your songs are located on those Artist folders. Delete them by using the keyboard "Delete" key or right-click the file and select "Delete"
> If your player is in "Rhapsody" mode, then your player will be recognized as a "Removable Drive" with a drive letter. Double left-click on your Sansa E250R and you'll see the following sub-folders: "Albums", "Music", "Photo", "Pictures", "Playlist", etc. Your songs can be found in the "Music" sub-folder. Delete them by using the keyboard "Delete" key or right-click the file and select "Delete"
I hope this procedure helps. A bit lengthy but, hey, it worked for me (lol).

It might be a glitch and I had my Sandisc Sansa e250R mp3 player for a very short time but I think if you delete the Rhapsody Channels with the player instead of the computer it might work.
Hope it works